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NON is connected with the past and the present of electronic music in Thessaloniki, Greece. Based on the demand and desire for freshly squeezed ideas, its assets embrace a large number of activities such as artists' representation, event coordination, promotion, music management and graphic design.
The history of the NON idea begins back in the mid 90's. Formed by Tasos Anthopoulos & friends, NON started as an experiment of introducing a new sound to the city. With first attempts to put together two turntables, a small sound system and some good will for new & fresh ideas in small underground venues, NON efforts had an important effect and as a result, parties became bigger and stronger.
Numerous events then took place mainly in Thessaloniki but also all over Greece with highlight, the coordination of a series of open area festivals taking place at the University area of Thessaloniki from 1995-2000 with the participation of the most promising young talents of that time and more than 5000 people participating & dancing for hours.
However, the past contains also a second name, as another co-operation emerged in the city. Elektronom was formed by Ison & Dj Solar, in order to focus on the Techno/Electro sound of that time. At the beginning there was no link between NON & Elektronom, but inevitably both sides were connected by mutual respect
As a result it was not long before NON & Elektronom came into contact after their individual co-operation with the Art-House club in 2001 in Thessaloniki. There, NON coordinated their own series of events mainly hosting national artists, while Elektronom have started their series with international names such as Steve Bug, Juan Atkins, Ian Void, Dave Saunders, James Ruskin, Jay Denham, Lana Del Tigre alongside Dj Solar and Ison.
This connection brought NON & Elektronom very close and as a result in 2002 Anastasios Anthopoulos, Ison and Dj Solar decided to join their forces together. Motivated by their passion for modern electronic music, the now reformed NON is based on a philosophy of organizing and realizing a series of events focused on the relationship between the sound and on the environment around. This mixture of ideas ended up in a successful session of events wherever there is will for new born ideas.
Since then NON are going from strength to strength, appearing to a rising number of events and contributing to various projects. Highlights have been the Christmas & New Years Eve parties in 2003 in Cargo Club where 1200 people where dancing in a night lasted for more than 11 hours.
By summer 2003 NON started a residency at Decadence club, under the name "Aesthetics", with the purpose to present a series of acoustic-visual pieces of entertainment a series of events which lasts until today.
The premier symptom was a gig with Miss Kittin, alongside, Dj Solar and Ison with a huge happy audience dancing endlessly till 10 am. After that, events of Ison & Dj Solar alongside The Hacker, Dj Naughty, Zombie Nation, Tiga, Monika Kruse, Vitalic, Steve Bug, Ellen Allien, Electric Indigo, Acid Maria, Agoria, Paul Kalkbrenner, Stanny Franssen, David Carretta and many more have followed until today.
NON have also proceed to the launch of "Kontakt" series, mainly focusing in the introduction & implementation of various abstract electronic music movements to the city. So far 2 events took place with guest artists Mick Wills, and Sonja Moonear..
This moment finds NON hosting apart from Ison & Dj Solar, also 2 very promising talents And.Id and Bubble One. With their unique style, the artists' purpose is to elevate from obscurity the most romantic flavor of electronic culture with plain and clear aims. After all, everything emerges from the simple.
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